Rusty Ferguson.com

Welcome to RustyFerguson.com!

I’m glad you’re here.

I am Living in The Philippines,

an American expatriate exploring the world. I am in Bogo City which is located in Northern Cebu Province. Bogo is a growing new city. Its roots are in fishing and I still consider it a fishing village but that is changing. I hope to live here for quite some time so I can watch it grow. Though I do have my sights set on Bantayan Island, a small Island just to the North West of our location.

I’m a retired accountant and computer analyst, please don’t shoot me for working with the IRS! I figured since I couldn’t beat them I might as well join them. :) I loved the job for a long time but due mostly to health reason, I retired early, at the age of 42!

To be honest, no matter how unpopular it is, I’m proud to have been a Revenue Agent at the IRS. It is not a job just anyone can do.

I am also a graduate of Millsaps College, a small and extremely difficult liberal arts college in Jackson, Ms. where I received my BBA in accounting in 1983. I’m proud of my degree. I got it despite many obstacles in my path. I put myself through college with virtually no help from family.

I’m trying to not let the health issues that hampered my career continue to rule my life, they’ve done enough damage. I want to get out and explore. I have to start slow and build. I may never be able to do all the things I’d love to do. Since arriving here, I’ve become fully alive for the first time in a long time and I’m working hard to hold on to that!

I have an awesome significant other. Her name is Jessie. She’s a smoking hot woman from a warrior clan of the Philippines known as Waray Waray.

The term expatriate seems to imply I have something negative toward the USA. I don’t. It is a wonderful country but it is only a small part of the world and I have to get out and find out what is out here. I dream of traveling all over this big blue marble. I hope it will come to pass. Being away from the US has only caused my appreciation for it to increase.